Because the first duke had no surviving sons, the title was allowed ( by a special Act of Parliament ) to pass to his eldest daughter in her own right.

Because of its chemical similarity to levomethorphan, DXM could also be treated as a Schedule II drug under the Federal Analog Act.

Because it was passed under the administration of President Abraham Lincoln, the False Claims Act is often referred to as the " Lincoln Law.

Because of these regulatory restrictions on ownership, hedge funds have been exempted from mandatory registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which is generally intended to regulate investment funds sold to retail investors.

Because Sections 3 ( c ) 1 and 3 ( c ) 7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 prohibit hedge funds from making public offerings, funds must sell their securities in accordance with the private offering rules under the Securities Act of 1933.

Because hedge funds do not have publicly traded securities, they are not subject to all of the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Because of this codification approach, a single named statute ( like the Taft-Hartley Act, or the Embargo Act ) may or may not appear in a single place in the Code.

Because many forms of restraint upon commercial competition extended across state lines so as to make regulation by state action difficult or impossible, Congress enacted the Sherman Act, 21 Cong. Rec.

Because wild boar are included in the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976, certain legal requirements have to be met prior to setting up a farm.

* Law: Because the case Campbell v. Hall called into question the ouster of French law by the Royal Proclamation of 1763, the Act confirmed that French law continued to govern civil matters, but was ousted in favour of English law in criminal matters.

Because by 1900 much of the prime low-lying alluvial land along rivers had been homesteaded, an update called the Enlarged Homestead Act was passed in 1909.

Because of the Act, Hall's driver's license was revoked by the State of New York.

Because these areas have tribal sovereignty, states have limited ability to forbid gambling there, as codified by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988.

Because of these effects, the FCC designed the Communications Act 1996 “ to provide for a pro-competitive, de-regulatory national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced information technologies and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition ..." The Telecommunication Act of 1996 also added and changed some rules to account for the emerging internet.

Because the Stamp Act was unpopular, a colonial jury was unlikely to convict a colonist of its violation.

Because the authorities were required to read the proclamation that referred to the Riot Act before they could enforce it, the expression " to read the Riot Act " entered into common language as a phrase meaning " to reprimand severely ", with the added sense of a stern warning.

Because of this, many leading Catholics were opposed to the repeal of the Act, fearing it would stir up anti-Catholic sentiment for little practical return.

Because of a Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) request, on July 30, 2010, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) released a file with 423 pages of information on Howard Zinn ’ s life and activities.

Because The Salvation Army is a church, Title VII of the U. S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 allows them to inquire into religious beliefs in its hiring practices.

Because of this persecution the Waabanowin went underground and have just begun to reemerge since the passage of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act.

Because his mind had been otherwise occupied for the past couple of hours, he did not think to look and see if Jerry Burton's car was still there.

Because the ancients could not produce temperatures high enough to melt iron fully, the production of steel in decent quantities did not occur until the introduction of blister steel during the Middle Ages.

Because of a failure by the crew to activate a certain switch in the LM before sealing it off, it initially tumbled after separation and did not execute the rocket burn necessary for the craft's intentional de-orbit.

Because of opposition, however, it did not become widely used until after World War II.

Because graduates did not have the benefit of accredited degrees, the faculty felt an increased responsibility to prepare their students.

Because the man's heart was pure, he did not die.

Because the Alpine mountain chains did not yet exist in the Cretaceous, these deposits formed on the southern edge of the European continental shelf, at the margin of the Tethys Ocean.

Because the nuns of the Order did not preach among the people, the need to engage in study was not as immediate or intense as it was for men.

Because the states were preexisting political entities, the U. S. Constitution did not need to define or explain federalism in any one section but it often mentions the rights and responsibilities of state governments and state officials in relation to the federal government.

Because he employed no calculating assistants, however, he did not extend the mathematical analysis beyond Mars.

Because Cannon did not have a ticket, he was removed from the train in Tuscola.

Because he did not clear his survey and proposed to pay for answers with the university committee at UWO, the administration reprimanded Rushton, calling his transgression " a serious breach of scholarly procedure ," said University President, George Pederson.

Because of the manner in which the head of the Soviet project, Lavrenti Beria, used foreign intelligence ( as a third-party check, rather than giving it directly to the scientists, as he did not trust the information by default ) it is unknown whether Fuchs's fission information had a substantial effect ( and considering that the pace of the Soviet program was set primarily by the amount of uranium they could procure, it is hard for scholars to accurately judge how much time this saved the Soviets ).

Because of Plekhanov's opposition, Trotsky did not become a full member of the board.

Because of Plant's injuries Led Zeppelin did not tour in 1976.

: Because children below the age of reason did not commit actual sin, theologians came to the common view that these unbaptized children feel no pain at all or even that they enjoy a full, though only natural, happiness through their mediated union with God in all natural goods ( Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus ).

Because FSILGs had previously housed as many as 300 freshmen off-campus, the new policy did not take effect until 2002 after Simmons Hall opened.

Because the Alaouites, in contrast to previous dynasties, did not have the support of a single Berber or Bedouin tribe, Isma ' īl controlled Morocco through an army of black slaves.

Because the language did not have type-safe checks to verify proper signal handling, uncaught exceptions were a common cause of bugs in released software.

Because of its eccentric location in the Netherlands, and its geographical and cultural proximity to Belgium, integration of Maastricht and Limburg into the Netherlands did not come about easily.

Because of the limitations of the Intel 80286 processor, OS / 2 1. x could run only one DOS program at a time, and did this in a way that allowed the DOS program to have total control over the computer.

Because of this the general public valued it more for its comic relief than anything else, however It did find an audience in the rational dissenters who found it an attractive alternative to explain human motivations without the attached superstitions of religion.

Because it did not grow in a pearl oyster it is not pearly ; instead the surface is glossy like porcelain.

Because the local governments did not officially receive the bull, it was not, technically, in force in those areas – an example of the interference of states in religious affairs common before the 20th century.

Because the list of types of claims eligible for consideration was capped early during the development of the English legal system, claims that might have been acceptable to the courts ' evolving sense of justice often did not match up perfectly with any of the established forms of action.